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Kinda odd the way that FN bullpup just dribbles the spent casings out. I understand they’re travelling down a tube to feed them out. What if you’re shouldering the rifle and firing at an up angle, say the second or third story of a building. Would the spent casings loose enough oompa to start piling up in the tube and maybe even clogging the action up?

Nope. That was a specific design feature of the F/FS 2000. Spent casings push themselves out.

Another little known fact: the first 3-4 spent casings will stay in the tube before popping out. There’s a cover (shown open in this video) that can be closed. In essence, this works like a revolver: fire a small number of rounds, but without leaving ballistic evidence (casings) on the ground. For what it’s worth …

There also is material inside the tube that applies friction to spent casings so they don’t fall back down (inside) when firing upwards.

Jwm, you can load the ejection chute with empties (it will hold around 6 or 7 of them), close the port cover and shoot it at an upward angle and it will kick every spent casing out of the gun. I’ve even packed mud in the tube and the gun incrementally pushes the rounds out until it pushes the mud out and the spent casings. It’s a very robust system.

Tim,
I am a big fan of your channel, you are the man dude, please keep your keen insights and reviews coming. Would you ever consider doing bullpup comparison video to get into the design differences and function between the different models available?